| Cleveland Browns at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 8, 1963 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 51382 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 35 F Humidty: 89% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Terry Barr 75 pass from Earl Morrall (Wayne Walker kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Danny Lewis 5 run (Wayne Walker kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 19 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Gary Collins 49 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Gail Cogdill 29 pass from Earl Morrall (Wayne Walker kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Wayne Walker 23 FG | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Darris McCord EZ opponents fumble recovery (Wayne Walker kick) | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Nick Pietrosante 2 run (Wayne Walker kick) | 10 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Rich Kreitling |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 60 | LOG | John Wooten |
| 56 | C | John Morrow |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 70 | ROT | John Brown |
| 83 | TE | Johnny Brewer |
| 13 | QB | Frank Ryan |
| 48 | HB | Ernie Green |
| 86 | FL | Gary Collins |
| 32 | FB | Jim Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Paul Wiggin |
| 79 | LDT | Bob Gain |
| 78 | RDT | Frank Parker |
| 80 | RDE | Bill Glass |
| 82 | LLB | Jim Houston |
| 50 | MLB | Vince Costello |
| 35 | RLB | Galen Fiss |
| 30 | LCB | Bernie Parrish |
| 23 | LS | Larry Benz |
| 20 | RS | Ross Fichtner |
| 44 | RCB | Jim Shofner |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Gail Cogdill |
| 70 | LOT | Daryl Sanders |
| 79 | LOG | John Gonzaga |
| 51 | C | Bob Whitlow |
| 75 | ROG | John Gordy |
| 61 | ROT | Lucien Reeberg |
| 80 | TE | Jim Gibbons |
| 14 | QB | Earl Morrall |
| 45 | HB | Danny Lewis |
| 41 | FL | Terry Barr |
| 33 | FB | Nick Pietrosante |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 72 | LDT | Floyd Peters |
| 76 | RDT | Roger Brown |
| 88 | RDE | Sam Williams |
| 59 | LLB | Ernie Clark |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 81 | LCB | Dick Lane |
| 21 | LS | Bruce Maher |
| 28 | RS | Yale Lary |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ernie Green | 7 | 90 | 12.9 | 73 | 0 |
| Jim Brown | 13 | 61 | 4.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Frank Ryan | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Ninowski | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Danny Lewis | 22 | 97 | 4.4 | 9 | 1 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 15 | 55 | 3.7 | 8 | 1 |
| Tommy Watkins | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Nick Ryder | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Jim Ninowski | 17 | 6 | 35.3 | 3 | 50 | 2.9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 |
| Frank Ryan | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | 0 | 87 | 5.8 | 49t | 1 | 2 | 22 | 76.2 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | 25 | 13 | 52.0 | 1 | 271 | 10.8 | 75t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 49t | 1 |
| Rich Kreitling | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Johnny Brewer | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Brown | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Terry Barr | 4 | 118 | 29.5 | 75t | 1 |
| Gail Cogdill | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 30 | 1 |
| Jim Gibbons | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Vince Costello | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dennis Gaubatz | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 0 |
| Tom Hall | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Dick LeBeau | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 5 | 221 | 44.2 | 53 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Earl Morrall | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Jim Shofner | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Tom Hall | 3 | 0 | 42 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ernie Green | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Charley Scales | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Tommy Watkins | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 23 | 0 | |
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